Improvement in velocipedes



J l. PEA SE.

VeIOcipede.

v Patented Nov. 23, 1,869.

wesses To all whom it may concern exact description of the construction and operation of i F, attached to bearings on the crank-shaft.

or inverted peudulums, hhh h, swinging upon the't-rans- .K, in which is axled the guide-wheel J.

waited some JOSEPH IVES PEASE, OF STOGKBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 97,110, dated November 23, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT m' VELOCIPEDES.

11m Schefiulo referred to in Lhasa Letttxs Patent and making part of the same.

Be it known that i, JOSEPH IVES PHASE, of Stockbridge, in the county of Berkshire, State ot' Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful improvement in the Machine known as the Veloeipede, thereby seeuriug an increased power in ascending heavy grades, a high degree of speed on levelor descendingground, and a lllliiii'y and safety in turning short curves, which, I believe, has not before been attained; and I do hereby declare that the fidlowiug is a full, clear, and

the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon, making a partof this speeitieation.

The machine may be described as follows:

On a light, flexible frame, of wood or metal, A A, is placed the seat, for' one or two persons.

Below this, and supported on hearings at a, are the two driving-wheels it B, secured to their shaft. On this shaft, between the wheels, is a cone-shaped drum or pulley, b, which is connected, by the crossbelt a, to a similar pulley on the crank-shaft G, and operated thereb v In the space between the pulleys aforesaid, and de-" pending from the back of the seat, is the belt-shifter 1), which serves to run the belt to the large or small ends of the cone-pulleys, or to the still wheel E. It also serves as a brake, by pressing on the knob (I, at its top.

At either end of the pulleys are fixed spur-gears, e c c e,'eorrt -s1mudiug somewhat, in diameters, to the. cones, and, like them, intended to secure a fast or slow motion, as speed or power is luost desired.

They are put in or out of gear by the two levers F 'lo tho-cranks, which are double, are fixed the four treadlesg g g g, supported at the other ends on yokes verse bal' G. The two outermost of these yokes are carried up toa proper height, to be used as ln'md-levers, as propulsion hy;hand or foot is preferred, B y

in front of the seat, and pivoted in the dash-board at H, and stepped in the shoe I, is the yoke or-frame This yoke or tiame is placed at an angle of about forty-five degrees, and when turned by the tiller or cross-bar at I combined and its top, serves to 'bringthe periphery of the guidewheel in track with one or the other of the drivingwheels, thus bracing and acting against the centrifugal force, and greatly lessening the danger of an upsetting when a short or rapid turn is tuade. Below the tiller, and at right angles to the standpost L, to which it is affixed, is prqiected the arm M, moving over the semicircle N, and dropping into shallow notches or scallops, and locking the yoke aforesaid, in any desired position, for a straight or curved course. A slight downward pressure outhe tillerdisengages the arm, and gives the guidance tothe hand.

The three wheels are shod with rubber tubing, held in place in the grooved tire or felioe, by a metallic rod passing through its entire' length, and tightened by a cleneh-jointorby a right-and-let't screw, thereby allow ing the tubing to beturned or renewed, as wear or breakage may require.

A cross-section of feline, tire, rubber tubing, and tightener, is shown at O, fig. 2.

0 Im'ms.

by Letters Patent, is-

-What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure 7 '1. The elongated yoke or frame K, extending t lia-'- shoe in ,plaee,.the arm M, projecting trout and at right angles to the turn-post, traversing over and locking into the semioircle'N', substantially as described.

2. In combination with cone-pulleys b b, the beltshifter and Make D, the fast and slow gears e c c e, used together, as and for the purposes set-thrth.

3. The treadlcs g-g, llinging upon the frames or.

' yokes h It, and attached to the cranks, as described.

4. The wheels shod with rubber tubing, which tubing is held secure. within a grooved tire or felloe, by a metallic rod, passing through its entire length, and tightened by a right-anddett screw or its equivalent,

JOSEPH IVES PEASE.

Witnesses:

N nLsox Guess,

Room: H. LYON. 

